Mbote everyone! (Now you know how to say ‘hi’ in Lingala!) I’m sorry the updates have been erratic at best, but we did take a blissful two-week holiday, and well, life is, at best, pleasantly busy. Hardly a dull moment in our lives, one could say. Anywho, I (Yu) am here to write up a bit of an update on our going-ons. All of our projects are still.. running, and we’re doing our best to keep things going. R&S members are still dutifully collecting paper and plastic bottles to recycle in our school and are in the process of getting our canvas bags ready to be sold. We are also still in contact with Care for Dogs and will be heading to help with their adoption fair this Saturday, May 5th. However, in this entry I’d like to stress..
NIS Summer Splash Social — 19th May at the Royal Lanna Hotel
Today a few Roots and Shoots members and I (Monika, Fun, Toey were the members, others were there for comments) set off after our meeting in search of suitable hotels to host our social/dance at. We visited two hotels — the Duangthawan and the Royal Lanna — the owners/customers of which were good friends of Monika and Toey’s parents. Both are in the Night Bazaar area and both had very accommodating rooms, however, it was the Royal Lanna with their ballroom on the topmost (22nd) floor that had a great view and a perfect reception area for us. Another zing! factor was that people could access the room directly via a glass elevator; now is that just snazzy or what?
We hope that by arranging this social, we can raise funds for various charities and organizations (Care for Dogs being our main one) and just have fun in general. I think today we got a lot of work done and that the social event will come along just fine — especially with the enthusiasm of Monika, Fun and Toey and the other girls.
